Re: sbs 2003 adding wireless access point

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IMO the first thing you need to decide is how strong you want to go with
security. WEP is pretty useless. WPA is better, and there are several
options. Probably the most secure is WPA2 with radius authentication. The
best info about that is in the "Windows Small Business Server 2003
Administrator's Companion" by Jason Gerend et al.

Here are some links, in no particular order.

WPA2 info:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/default.mspx

A home network one with good information for anyone:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/bowman_05february10.mspx

WiFi Alliance: http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/index.asp?TID=1 You can get
a lot of info here. Also, particularly if you're going to use WPA, you can
check to make sure that all your devices support whatever authentication
method you plan on using.



"Martin Evans" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi I have a 2 nic install of SBS 2003 one connnected to an adsl router for
> internet and the other connected to a switch for the LAN I want to
> connect a wireless Access point so I can access the network with a pocket
> pc. Can you please give me tips on how to set this up ip address's etc or
> is there a detailed guide somewhere showing step by step how to set this
> up
> Regards
> Martin
>


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